Here's Why Google Was Just Fined $65,000 By A French Court

Google has been forced to pay €50,000 ($65,000) by a French court
after its suggestions feature was deemed to have defamed a French
insurance company.

The Local
reports that upon typing the name of the company, Lyonnaise de
Garantie, into the search engine, it was automatically followed
by the French word "escroc" meaning crook or swindler.

According to French website
Clublic the company contacted Google several times before
taking legal action. The French court ruled that the addition of
the word, the result of Google's search software, was offensive
to the company. It added that Google should leave such suggestive
words down to human control rather than computer-generated
algorithms.